Lukyamuzi Bashir

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Lukyamuzi Bashir
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Lukyamuzi Bashir

(1986-12-07) 7 December 1986 (age 36)
Mbarara, Uganda
Occupation(s)Film director, music director and producer
Years active2015–present

Lukyamuzi Bashir (or Badi)(born 7 December 1986) is a Ugandan music director, film director and producer. [1] [2] He directed Blu*3's video Where you are featuring Goodlyfe Crew, Iryn Namubiru's Bona Obasinga, and Vumilia by Chameleone. [3] He also directed Goodlyfe Crew's music videos Talk n Talk, This is how we do it. He is popularly known to work with friend and artist A Pass. [4]

Bashir is the Channel O Ugandan representative and the director of photography for the South Africa-based music TV channel and has worked on Off the Record, Introducing Keko and Lifestyle Uganda for the channel.

He directed his debut film Bala Bala Sese written by Usama Mukwaya and featuring Ashraf Ssemwogerere. [5] [6]

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